Building construction.



No. 812,727. PATENTED FEB. 13, 1906.

J. s. OULLEY. 7 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED APR.27, 1905.

o N rrnn STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

' JOHN s. CULLEY, OF Louisviimn, KENTUCKY.

BUILDlN G CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

Application filed April 27, 1905. Serial No. 257,651.

T0 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN S. CULLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of J efierson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BuildingConstruction; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in building-blocks and blockconstructions; and it consists in the construction, combination, andarrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved structurecomprising a foundation, a plate bolted thereto and having anupwardly-extending stud, a wall on said foundation composed of inner andouter courses of blocks recessed on their inner sides to form a verticalpassage coincident with and extending above said plate, and a tubularstud or frame-piece in and filling said passagej and bearing on the saidplate, the stud of the latter entering the lower end of said tubularframe-piece, said blocks having communicating grooves in their opposingsides extending around the said tubular stud or frame-piece and mortarin said grooves forming bonds which connect the said blocks together.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are detail top plan viewsof portions of walls composed of blocks, exhibiting modifications of myinvention. tion, partly in section, showing my improved building-blockscombined with tubular framework of a building construction. Fig. 4 is adetail perspective view of a metallic bonding-band for use in connectionwith my improved building-block.

In accordance with my invention I construct a wall of blocks which areso constructed as to form vertical passages in the wall.

As shown in Fig. 1, outer blocks 8, inner blocks 9, and intermediateblocks 7 are employed, which are respectively providedwith registeringbonding-grooves 11, 12, and 10, which extend around the passages in thewall.

In Fig. 2 I show inner blocks 13 and fillerblooks 14 employed incombination with facing-blocks l5 and respectively provided withgroove-sections 16 17, which coregister, the

Fig. 3 is an elevasaid sections 17 registering with bondinggrooves 18 inthe facing-blocks. I

In Fig. 3 I show tubular frame members 19 disposed in certain of thepassages formed in the wall composed of my blocks and show a beam 20secured to one of the said tubular members 19. Each of the tubularmembers 19 rests at the base on a stud 21, which rises from an ironplate 22, bolted to a suitable foundation. A locking pin or bolt 23passes through the said tubular member 19 and the said stud 2].

In Fig. 4 I show a metallic band which is adapted to be placed in thebonding-groove of a block to reinforce the bonding rings or bands of themortar in laying the blocks, and thus greatly strengthening theconstruction of the wall.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A structure comprising a foundation, a plate bolted thereto and havingan upwardlyextending stud, a wall on said foundation composed of innerand outer courses of blocks recessed on their inner sides to form avertical passage coincident with and extending above said plate, and atubular stud or framepiece in and filling said passage and bearing onthe said plate, the stud of the latter enterin the lower end of saidtubular frame-piece, said blocks having communicating grooves in theiropposing sides extending around the said tubular stud or frame-piece andmortar in said grooves forming the bonds which con nect the said blockstogether.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ANDY BowLIN, CARL B. CUNNINGHAM.

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